After Florida’s Online Voter Registration System crashed for several hours on October 5, 2020—the deadline to register in Florida—CLC joined 34 other voting rights groups to urge Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Secretary of State Laurel Lee to extend the voter registration deadline by two days to 11:59 p.m. on October 7 and ensure that Floridians are not denied the opportunity to register because of the state’s faulty online system. 

On Sept. 30, 2020, a district court judge denied a motion from the Trump campaign that tried to prevent Montana Gov. Steve Bullock from allowing counties in the state to hold vote-by-mail elections in November. Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is representing the League of Women Voters of Montana as a friend-of-the-court in this case.

On Sept. 25, 2020, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) sent a letter to the Pima County Recorder on behalf of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe asking to reinstate an early voting center on the tribal reservation and a ballot drop-off site. 

The National Task Force on Election Crises recently released a document outlining why it would violate federal law if a state legislature attempted to override the will of the state’s voters and appoint the legislature’s preferred presidential electors. 

This backgrounder can be used by members of the media and the public to guide their understanding of the electoral process of electing a President.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a motion to intervene on behalf of its client, the League of Women Voters of Montana. 

On September 11, 2020, the full membership of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the trial court decision in Jones v. DeSantis. The Eleventh Circuit’s decision allows Florida’s pay-to-vote system for people with past felony convictions to remain in place. 

Poll commissioned by Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Protect Democracy and conducted by GS Strategy Group (R) and ALG Research (D). The online poll lasted from July 28-31, 2020 and surveyed 1,000 likely voters nationwide. The results show wide support for increased election funding.

The League of Women Voters and the NAACP New Jersey State Conference filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by the Trump Campaign and the RNC challenging New Jersey’s emergency election plan to mail ballots to all active voters in New Jersey.

After CLC and partners filed a friend-of-the-court brief in this case, the Washington Supreme Court issued an opinion interpreting the Washington constitution's uniformity provisions in a way that underscores the constitutionality of the Washington Voting Rights Act.

Today, CLC submitted public comments to the Vermont State Ethics Commission regarding a proposed statutory ethics code. CLC’s comments support Vermont’s effort to promulgate a statute with meaningful safeguards to maintain Vermonters’ trust in their state government. 

Specifically, CLC’s comments recommend changes to the proposed code’s gift rules, misuse of position provision, and outside and post-government employment restrictions. CLC also recommends that the Vermont State Ethics Commission house all financial disclosure documents and ethics disclosures required to be filed by state public servants in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format on the ethics commission’s website. 

CLC filed this reply brief in support of Mr. Falls' and Mr. Bledsoe's request for a Temporary Injunction to allow them to vote on Aug. 6.

Voting rights and redistricting litigation brought by CLC in response to the election challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Current as of May 2020. 

More information about CLC's plan to protect the right to vote and redistricting during the COVID-19 pandemic